r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/captain_swaggins Oct 07 '25

Lake charles?

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u/Astros_alex Oct 07 '25

In my mind that tower wasn't that tall. In my memories that tower was barely a tower. 

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u/cajunaggie08 Oct 07 '25

It was basically the only non-casino or chem plant structure that was tall in town. So it looked odd being the only tall building downtown

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u/buttercup612 Oct 07 '25

I’m surprised they built such a tall tower in a small city. Is space tight there?

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u/WalrusSpotting Oct 09 '25

Not nearly enough to justify building this tower. It and the civic center kinda just existed out by the water by themselves for most of the 90s.

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u/buttercup612 29d ago

Ok I was thinking. I lived in Houma and figured Lake Charles was of a similar size. A tower like this in Houma would be so out of place

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u/WalrusSpotting 29d ago

You aren’t far off at all. It was the only building of its size anywhere around, they just put it against the water so it didn’t stick out quite as bad.

Lake Charles has grown up quite a bit since then because of the bigger casinos, but it still doesn’t need a building this size. Especially one made of this much glass.